TRANSCORP (21.9m units), FBNH (12.4m units) and ZENITH BANK(8.5m units) were the top traded stocks by volume while GUARANTY (N232.6m),ZENITH BANK (N168.6m) and GUINNESS(N84.8m) led by value.

The Oil & Gas index, up 0.5%, led gainers as MOBIL and FORTE appreciated 2.9% and 0.8% respectively.

Trailing closely were the Insurance and Afrinvest-ICT indices which gained 0.4% and 0.3% respectively on the back of substantial buy interest in CORNERSTONE (+10.0%), CHIPLC (+7.8%) as well as MTNN (+0.4%).

On the flipside, the Banking index plunged 3.1% following sell-offs in GUARANTY(-7.0%), ETI (-9.1%) and ZENITH BANK (-1.0%).

Similarly, the Consumer Goods and Industrial Goods indices pared 1.7% and 0.2% in that order as NIGERIAN BREWERIES (-4.8%) and UNILEVER (-7.0%), as well as DANGCEM (-1.6%), closed in the red. No